And a Very Happy Christmas to all

All of us at Team Jancis wish you a very happy Christmas Day, whether you celebrate it or not, and we thank you very much indeed for visiting us.

Today and tomorrow (called Boxing Day in the UK because it used to be the day that servants and labourers were presented with their Christmas boxes of gifts, having sweated for their employers the day before) we are taking a little holiday, but it will be back to the usual ridiculous frequency of updates from Monday.

Next week we'll be publishing a raft of tasting notes on much more mature wines than we usually cover.